Workers in the UK could get the right to ask employers for a four day work week under new government plans.
It would see employees able to compress their weekly hours into four days, and still receive full pay.
But the government is not planning to impose a four-day working week on employers.
It's part of Labour's promised legislation to boost workers' rights - which Nicola Smith from TUC says also needs to address zero-hour contracts which don't guarantee shifts.
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It would see employees able to compress their weekly hours into four days, and still receive full pay.
But the government is not planning to impose a four-day working week on employers.
It's part of Labour's promised legislation to boost workers' rights - which Nicola Smith from TUC says also needs to address zero-hour contracts which don't guarantee shifts.
IN: 'We know...
OUT: ...economy.'
DUR: 27 seconds
http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0830hours-smith1.mp3